South Chicago shooting: Man killed on Muskegon

A witness heard the gunshots and found the 29-year-old man lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

A man was fatally shot May 17, 2021, in Chicago Lawn. — A man was fatally shot Aug. 28, 2020, in the 8000 block of South Muskegon Avenue.

A man was shot to death Friday in South Chicago on the South Side.

The 29-year-old was walking to his car about 5:05 a.m. in the 8000 block of South Muskegon Avenue when someone opened fire, according to Chicago police. A witness heard the gunshots and found the man lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

He was identified as Derius Coleman of South Chicago, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide.

No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

Next Up In Crime

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

CPD shifting cops to more violent beats as summer approaches

Woman claims self-defense in murder of rapper Johnny May Cash, says he beat her

Man killed in Back of the Yards shooting

Man killed in South Chicago shooting

A witness heard the gunshots and found the 29-year-old man lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.